Area Obituaries

Journee Jean Speiser, 22, passed away Saturday, May 1, 2021, at her apartment in Queen City, Missouri. The daughter of Jeff and Theresa (Christman) Speiser, she was born January 18, 1999, in Memphis Missouri. She grew up in the Worthington area and attended the Schuyler County Schools. Journee spent her life, loving her family and…

Jacqueline Combs, 70, of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away Monday, April 26, 2021, at her home in Kirksville, Missouri. The daughter of Thomas and Madge Calhoun, she was born January 11, 1951, in Kirksville, Missouri. On June 14, 1969, in Queen City she was united in marriage to Les Combs, who preceded her in death. Also…

Adam Glen Bruner, 46, of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away unexpectedly, Sunday, April 18, 2021, at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri. Adam was born in Kirksville, Missouri, on July 9, 1974, the son of Donald Glen and Sherry Louise (Bushnell) Bruner. He spent his early childhood growing up on the family farm, west of…

Linda Jo (McGuire) Small, 65, of Lancaster, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. The daughter of Woodrow Wilson and Hazel Mae (Grisumm) McGuire, she was born on October 27, 1955 in Independence, Missouri. She was a graduate of the Van Horn High School in…

Bobbie (Bob) Gene McNary, 88, of Macon, Missouri, passed away at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri on Sunday, April 18, 2021. The son of James Archie and Opal (Armstrong) McNary, he was born on July 28, 1932, in rural Lancaster, Missouri. Survivors include his daughter, Cheryl Ann Schultz and husband, Tim, of…

Marjorie A. (Rosenstangle) Morgan, 96, of Lancaster, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, April 10, 2021, at the Schuyler County Nursing Home in Queen City, Missouri. She was a resident of the nursing home for over ten years. She shared a mutual love with all the staff and fellow residents. Marjorie was born May 27, 1924,…

Gay Louise Holman, 70, passed away on April 6, 2021, in Urbana, Illinois. Daughter of James (Chuck) and Doris Anderson, Gay was born on December 30, 1950, in Centerville, Iowa. She was a 1968 graduate of Schuyler R-1 High School, a 1972 graduate of Northeast Missouri State University with a B.S. in Business Education, and…

Max Evans Ayer, 83, of Bonham, Texas, died peacefully at his home, following an extended illness on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. He was born on August 1, 1937, in Lancaster, Missouri, the son of Glen O. Ayer and Lillie May (Patsy) Ayer. Max attended Lancaster High School, graduating in 1955. He then attended the University…

Darwin Lee Steggall, 87, of Lancaster, Missouri passed away on Friday, April 2, 2021, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri. The son of Maurice Anthony and Berniece Marion (Kunkle) Steggall, he was born on December 19, 1933, in Maynard, Iowa. He was a graduate of the Lancaster High School in Lancaster, Missouri.…

Larry Charles Collins, age 70, of Queen City, Missouri, passed away Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Queen City, Missouri. The son of Charles and Mary Jane (Scurlock) Collins, he was born August 10, 1950. On November 22, 1970, he was united in marriage to Angela Walgren. To this marriage 3 children were born. Surviving are…